This news article was originally written in Spanish. It has been automatically translated for your convenience. Reasonable efforts have been made to provide an accurate translation, however, no automated translation is perfect nor is it intended to replace a human translator. The original article in Spanish can be viewed at La Cátedra Unesco de Sostenibilidad de la UPC participa en la transformación de un gigantesco vertedero
Unesco Chair in sustainability of the UPC participates in the transformation of a gigantic dump
30/10/2009
October 30, 2009
Researchers of the professorship Unesco of sustainability of the University Polytechnic of Catalonia (UPC) are working with sustainable technologies to convert a large dump of the Colombian city of Medellin in an urban park for the citizens, with an eco-Museum and a science and technology centre to serve as a testing ground for various groups of researchers involved in the project. To do so, they combine the use of natural treatment technologies, such as constructed wetlands, and the buffer strips, bands of vegetation which absorb and help to the degradation of pollutants.